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Final Exam Notes
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-Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.ca - www.idallen.com

The course notes and labs are the complete list of topics for the
final exam.  This list below is for the review class.

- emphasis on material covered since the second midterm test

- no Perl coding
- no Java coding
- small pieces of basic C code from your downloads and Lab work
- know the networking system call names and ordering for TCP/IP for
  client and server

- write basic TCP/IP client/server algorithms (as used in labs)
  - expressed in detailed PDL or pseudo-C
  - know the order of the network system calls

- what is the "robustness principle"?

- use netcat to connect to an SMTP server and send one message
- use netcat to connect to an HTTP server and get index.html
- use netcat to connect to a POP3 server and fetch and delete one message

- five classes of SMTP response codes
- five classes of HTTP response codes

- use a Unix command to query a DNS server for an A record
- use a Unix command to query a DNS server for an MX record
- use a Unix command to query a DNS server for an NS record
- use a Unix command to query a DNS server for a PTR record
- use a Unix command to reverse query a DNS server for an IP address
- use a Unix command to find out who owns/registered a domain name

- bonus questions
- how does NAT work through a home router?
- why are protocols that embed IP addresses in data a problem for NAT?